“The legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust.”

The second reads:

I find that, although Walt Monegan’s refusal to fire Trooper Michael Wooten was not the sole reason he was fired by Governor Sarah Palin, it was likely a contributing factor to his termination as Commissioner of Public Safety. In spite of that, Governor Palin’s firing of Commissioner Monegan was a proper and lawful exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority to hire and fire executive branch department heads.

One other finding not mentioned by War Room: Branchflower called out the Alaska Attorney General's office:

The Attorney General's office has failed to substantially comply with my August 6, 2008 written request to Governor Sarah Palin for information about the case in the form of e-mails.

There you have it.

Maybe now would be a good time to revisit the whole "vetting" issue and question John McCain's judgment in picking Sarah Palin to begin with. This Troopergate investigation has been a black cloud hanging over her head since July, a month before McCain picked her as his running mate.

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MSNBC reporting that the bipartisan Alaskan legislative committee investigating Sarah Palin in the "Troopergate" scandal has found she abused her authority in the firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan.